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Paradise isn't Artificial
I write this in pencil tentatively/ For I write of great civilisations/ I write as if I know nothing…
Definitely a major poet still at the very top of his game as these new poems show. — Vivek Narayanan
Poetry is not about nature but about Homer. This means that poetry is not about original talent but about furthering a tradition. What tradition does an Indian English poet follow? Answering this question by honouring poets who have gone before him, Hoshang Merchant becomes a Poet’s Poet.
Hoshang Merchant is a poet of thirty years standing with twenty-five books of poetry. His papers are archived at Koch Library, Cornell University. He taught poetry and creative writing at University of Hyderabad for twenty-eight years. He was awarded the Rainbow Warrior Award for his life work in 2019.
Definitely a major poet still at the very top of his game as these new poems show. — Vivek Narayanan
Poetry is not about nature but about Homer. This means that poetry is not about original talent but about furthering a tradition. What tradition does an Indian English poet follow? Answering this question by honouring poets who have gone before him, Hoshang Merchant becomes a Poet’s Poet.
Hoshang Merchant is a poet of thirty years standing with twenty-five books of poetry. His papers are archived at Koch Library, Cornell University. He taught poetry and creative writing at University of Hyderabad for twenty-eight years. He was awarded the Rainbow Warrior Award for his life work in 2019.
120 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2021
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January 3, 2025
Paradise isn’t Artificial is the latest poetry book by Hoshang Merchant. A lauded poet of the lgbt experience, Merchant’s poems are deeply concerned with questions of aesthetic and history. His deep love for some of history’s greatest queer figures shines in his cantos. His voice is playful, yet commanding - which makes for both a pleasurable and pleasing reading experience,
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